New Interview! Starring, @thrainnko / At the beginning of Thainn's career, we created an article with Thrainn. His business and skills have grown tremendously since then, including work for NatGeo, Nissan, Icelandair, and others, so it was time to do another interview. His main challenge has been moving into video: "I almost exclusively focused on photography until I was offered to make a film with Chris Burkard, Lael Wilcox, Rugile Kaladyte, Payson Mcelveen, and Nichole Baker about bikepacking around the entire Westfjords in Iceland." By starting with video, lots of new challenges came onto his path, which also meant pushing his limits and moving forward with his career. Thrainn has a family with two small children, so growing and running a production business that revolves around outdoor adventures has taught him to be more precise and focused in his work. "I would advise anyone wanting a sustainable career as a creator to mostly stay away from free work. We’re all worth way more than we think in the beginning." For Thrainn it has become clear over the years that you need to work on a few spec projects and create a portfolio. Nonetheless, you also need to create and share things that you are proud of and are in line with your values: "I want to make things that I enjoy making. At the end of each year, I want to be able to look back and feel that I created things of substance and meaning. Simply put, I want to be able to focus on my creative journey." In the interview, Thainn goes deeper into developing your business and shares a few best practices about working successfully on client projects. In short: 1) Details 2) No worries 3) One team and 4) Don't get bitter. He elaborated on each point in the interview. Thrainn also gave four valuable pieces of advice about pursuing a full-time career as a visual creator. In addition, as a local to Iceland, Thrainn shared some great tips on shooting and flying over an erupting volcano. "So far, I’ve probably emptied between 100 and 200 batteries flying over the spewing volcano and hot lava without a serious crash or burn (so far!), but there have been a few close calls." To know more, head to the link in the bio! 🎇